linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 16/16] x86/resctrl: Update Documentation for package events

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Message-ID: <20250321231609.57418-17-tony.luck@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:16:06 -0700
From: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
To: Fenghua Yu <fenghuay@...dia.com>,
	Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
	Maciej Wieczor-Retman <maciej.wieczor-retman@...el.com>,
	Peter Newman <peternewman@...gle.com>,
	James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
	Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>,
	Drew Fustini <dfustini@...libre.com>,
	Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	patches@...ts.linux.dev,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 16/16] x86/resctrl: Update Documentation for package events

Each "mon_data" directory is now divided between L3 events and package
events.

Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/resctrl.rst | 25 ++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/resctrl.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/resctrl.rst
index 6768fc1fad16..0e915b7c55aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/resctrl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/resctrl.rst
@@ -366,15 +366,22 @@ When control is enabled all CTRL_MON groups will also contain:
 When monitoring is enabled all MON groups will also contain:
 
 "mon_data":
-	This contains a set of files organized by L3 domain and by
-	RDT event. E.g. on a system with two L3 domains there will
-	be subdirectories "mon_L3_00" and "mon_L3_01".	Each of these
-	directories have one file per event (e.g. "llc_occupancy",
-	"mbm_total_bytes", and "mbm_local_bytes"). In a MON group these
-	files provide a read out of the current value of the event for
-	all tasks in the group. In CTRL_MON groups these files provide
-	the sum for all tasks in the CTRL_MON group and all tasks in
-	MON groups. Please see example section for more details on usage.
+	This contains a set of directories, one for each instance
+	of an L3 cache, or of a processor package. The L3 cache
+	directories are named "mon_L3_00", "mon_L3_01" etc. The
+	package directories "mon_PKG_00", "mon_PKG_01" etc.
+
+	Within each directory there is one file per event. In
+	the L3 directories: "llc_occupancy", "mbm_total_bytes",
+	and "mbm_local_bytes".	In the PKG directories: "core_energy",
+	"activity", etc.
+
+	In a MON group these files provide a read out of the current
+	value of the event for all tasks in the group. In CTRL_MON groups
+	these files provide the sum for all tasks in the CTRL_MON group
+	and all tasks in MON groups. Please see example section for more
+	details on usage.
+
 	On systems with Sub-NUMA Cluster (SNC) enabled there are extra
 	directories for each node (located within the "mon_L3_XX" directory
 	for the L3 cache they occupy). These are named "mon_sub_L3_YY"
-- 
2.48.1